Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center Satellite Newsletter December 2014 Career Based Intervention Programs Score Exemplary with the Ohio Department of Education On September 3, Pickaway-Ross CBIP could then be notified by May 15, 2015, of staff learned of new Ohio legislation from the department’s intent to withdraw CTE Ohio Department of Education (ODE) funding for up to five years. Consultant Eric Landversicht that required ODE to conduct a review of all CBI We are pleased to announce all of the programs in Ohio by December 15, 2014. Pickaway-Ross 13 CBI programs received The reviews were an accountability exemplary and/or effective ratings on all 9 measure to assure that students in these of the Quality Indicators: Instructional programs had optimum opportunity for Facilities and Resources, School and success. Community Relations, Program Planning and Evaluation, Quality Educators that The on-site reviews of the more than 300 Contribute to the Profession, Curriculum CBI programs were conducted between and Program Design, Instruction, September 15 and December 15. ODE Assessment, Experiential Learning Career Technical Education Associate Experience, and Student Access. Director Jamie Nash and Program Specialist, John Wiseman conducted our Congratulations to our teachers who are reviews in Pickaway and Ross counties. helping our Grade 7-12 disadvantaged They each met with the individual students overcome achievement barriers. program teachers on site for And a special thank you for your ongoing approximately two hours. Teachers efforts! Their locations and names follow: provided evidence of compliance with Chillicothe High School, Ann Anderson supporting paper work. The review Bozick; Circleville High School, Bobby concluded in an exit interview with the Lombardo; Everts Middle School, Eddie teacher, PR supervisor, the local district Sims; Logan Elm High School, Jason superintendent and building principal to Shepherd; Logan Elm High School, Doug discuss the program rating. Indicators for Stiverson; McDowell Middle Exchange the review had four categories: School, Jeff Holbert; Pickaway- Ross exemplary, effective, minimal and CTC, Amy Ervin; Pickaway-Ross CTC, unsatisfactory. Any indicator score of Kim Graves; Unioto High School, Jeff minimal or unsatisfactory required Metzler; Westfall High School, Allen submission of a continuous growth plan to Koker; Westfall High School, Amy ODE within ten working days of the visit. Noltemeyer; Zane Trace High School, Failure to submit and make progress on a Dwayne Hall; and Zane Trace Middle plan for an “unsatisfactory” rated program School, Kevin Prickett. 1 Huntington Life Planning Students Participate in Mock Interviews For the past seven years the Life Planning classes at Huntington High School have participated in mock interviews. Local business owners and district administrators have graciously volunteered their time to participate in this event. This experience has helped students become more confident as they enter into the work force. This year the students of the Huntington High School Life Planning class participated in mock interviews on October 14, 2014. Mr. Kim Graves, CBI Instructor from Pickaway-Ross Career and Technology Center interviewed students and critiqued their cover letters, resumes and interview performance. The students gained valuable knowledge from this experience and can apply these skills in the future as they enter into the work force and also prepare to further their education after high school. Life Planning student Lauren Haubeil prepares to be interviewed by Mr. Kim Graves, CBI Instructor, Pickaway-Ross CTC. Huntington FCCLA Members Assist with Book Fair The members of the Huntington High School FCCLA assisted with the Annual Elementary Book Fair which was held October 6-10 in the Elementary Library. The members helped the elementary students select books which were age appropriate and they also helped students spend their money wisely. They also helped the Librarian clean up daily after each group of children left. The experience enabled the members to communicate with children of different ages and to also teach them budgeting concepts. FCCLA member Molli Walters assists elementary students with book selection. Logan Elm FFA Providing Community Service in Circleville The Logan Elm FFA will be serving food at the Filling Station in Circleville this year. This is a soup kitchen that provides food for the community. They are scheduled to serve on the following three Sundays: December 14, February 8 and April 12. 2 Westfall FFA Soil Judging Teams Compete Ten members of the Westfall FFA Chapter recently participated in the District 7 Soil Judging contest held in September. Brett Hammond, Gunner Hall, Courtney McKenzie, Gaven Colahan, and Daniel Palmer participated in the Rural contest. Jackie Arnott, Ivy Hammond, Christina Fox, Kelsey Funk, Cheyenne Phillips competed in the Urban contest. Rural teams are required to evaluate a given soil judging pit site for agricultural purposes and determine slope, erosion, Back Row: Brett Hammond, Daniel Palmer, Gaven Colahan, Ivy texture, depth, and drainage. They must Hammond; Front Row: Gunner Hall, Cheyenne Phillips, Christina Fox, also place the site in one of seven land Jackie Arnott, Courtney McKenzie, Kelsey Funk judging classes, recommend the most intensive possible cropping practice, and make recommendations for conservation practices. The urban teams evaluate the sites for buildings, septic system leach beds, roads, parks and recreational sites. Five Westfall FFA Chapter Members Receive American Degree Westfall FFA Chapter members Montana McFarland, Eli Earich, Sarah Riebel, Sarah Johnson, and Mallory Wippel recently received the American FFA Degree. The degree, which represents the highest level of achievement for FFA members, was conferred on the members at the recent 2014 National FFA Convention held in Louisville. To receive the highest honor in the FFA program there are many high standards. The student must have Pictured from left to right: Montana McFarland, Sarah Riebel, Eli Earich, obtained the Ohio FFA State Degree, Mallory Wippel, Sarah Johnson earned at least $7,500 through their supervised agricultural experience, and maintain good grades throughout high school. The candidates worked very hard to attain this award. Members received a gold American FFA Degree key and a certificate in a blue leatherette frame to commemorate their achievement. The American Degree is a national program that is sponsored by Case IH, their Farm Credit System Foundation, Pioneer Hybrid International Inc., and Syngenta. 3 Westfall FFA Competes in National Agriscience Fair Westfall FFA Chapter members Mary Roush and Emma Johnson recently participated in the National Agriscience Fair. The event allows members to showcase agricultural research projects and compete in one of five different categories including: Animal Systems, Environmental Science, Food Products and Processing, Plant Systems, plus Power, Structural and Technical Systems. Johnson and Roush won the state level also and qualified for the national level competition. Roush and Johnson placed 6th in the nation and received a Gold rating in the Environmental Science category. The team studied the water quality of Deercreek watershed by taking survey samples of macroinvertebrate populations in two locations -- upstream from Williamsport's water treatment plant and downstream from the plant's effluent pipe. They also utilized LabQuest interfaces with sensors to determine water temperature and pH and utilized Pictured left to right: Mary Roush, Emma Johnson information from the USGS monitoring site in Williamsport. The study indicated very good water quality in both locations. Paint Valley FCCLA Attends State Leadership Training Paint Valley FCCLA attended the FCCLA State Leadership Training at Heartland Retreat in Marengo, Ohio on October 13 and 14, 2014. Four FCCLA Officers attended camp to learn about leadership and team-building. They attended workshops relating to "STOP the Violence", "Honor Flight" and "FCCLA RESPECT: Families First". Students all participated in making "Capes for Kids" to donate to children in the hospital so they could all feel like super heroes. Paint Valley placed 3rd in the Patriotic Cupcake Wars. The advisors attended separate workshops and were able to network. Many new programs were introduced to take back to our local chapters. (L to R) Desirae Knisley, Briana Posey, Chrissy Murray, and Brianna Mark. 4 Westfall Interactive Media Design Quarter 1 All-Stars! Dustin Parsons- Period 2 Info Tech Braden Booth- Period 3 Info Tech Brenden Bayes- Period 4 Web Design Banner Ratcliff- Period 5 Digital Graphics RJ West- Period 7 Animation Riley Kennelly works on his network topology animation. Students in Information Technology used Adobe Flash to create an illustration of star, ring, mesh, tree, and bus network topologies. Banner Ratcliff works on his music poster. Students in Digital Graphics created a poster in Photoshop promoting a fictional concert. RJ West works on his review animation project. Students created a short animation that reviewed drawing tools, motion tweening, importing graphics, layers and much more. 5 McDowell Pre-Engineering Students Learn Basic Structures Students from the pre-engineering program Once they submitted that information they at the McDowell Middle School have worked were then permitted to build their bridges in teams on projects in basic out of balsa wood. The goal was to build a structures. Students